[He's quiet when she says all of that, but his eyes do widen a little. Something in that slammed into him like running face first into a brick wall.
"...Beware those who demand your loyalty..."
...Those words echoed into his mind again. But... this time, they meant something entirely different. Not a stern warning about those in power, but the lines between it. But those who didn't demand one's loyalty, and... even freely gave theirs in understanding of one another? They were the people you could really trust, weren't they? And he already knew he trusted her immensely. ...And that if the reverse had happened, he wouldn't have left her side either... Or after.
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"...Beware those who demand your loyalty..."
...Those words echoed into his mind again. But... this time, they meant something entirely different. Not a stern warning about those in power, but the lines between it. But those who didn't demand one's loyalty, and... even freely gave theirs in understanding of one another? They were the people you could really trust, weren't they? And he already knew he trusted her immensely. ...And that if the reverse had happened, he wouldn't have left her side either... Or after.
... ... ...]